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##@@§§^~,. ####.~~ fermi's paradox ~~.#### .,~^§§@@##
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#@@§§^~,.. on earth (the planet where i live) a ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. lot of us have antennas on our houses .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. or balconies, we have built large ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. antennas for larger bandwith, we have .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. build specialized antennaes for ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. specific wavelengths (and sent them .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. into orbit), we've built large as fuck ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. antenna arrays .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. we've virtually built an antenna with a ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. dish as large as earth. .,~^§§@@##
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##@@§§^~,. we've learned about our position in the .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. solar system, our solar systems ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. placement in the galaxy, and our .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. galaxys placement in the local cluster, ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. and ~our~ local clusters place in the .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. grand scheme of things ..,~^§§@@#
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#@@§§^~,.. and we're moving around the sun at ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. velocity and the suns moving around the .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. center of the galaxy at velocity and ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. the galaxy is moving toward andromeda .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. and we're both moving anticlockwise ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. around the galaxy. and we as a species .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. have learned to take all that in account ..,~^§§@@#
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#@@§§^~,.. and despite all this, despite all our ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. radio programmes out in fucking space ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. at the speed of light (light is our .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. despite ghosts helping and the .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. collective consciousness lowpass ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. filtering, despite our very obvious .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. beaming of all our secrets in every ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. direction known to us, .,~^§§@@##
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##@@§§^~,. no . one . has . answered .,~^§§@@##
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##@@§§^~,. so why is that? .,~^§§@@##
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##@@§§^~,. most opponents to intelligent life in .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. the universe say it's because you need ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. a class one-or-the-other star and the .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. planet needs to be at a see-and-so ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. distance away from the star (like there .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. has to be a planet!) ..,~^§§@@#
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#@@§§^~,.. but really isn't that keeping the ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. definition of life really lax? .,~^§§@@##
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##@@§§^~,. i think everyone agrees that we have no .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. idea what we're doing (and it probably ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. shows) .,~^§§@@##
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##@@§§^~,. i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette .,~^§§@@##
#@@§§^~,.. this year and try to snatch some beers ..,~^§§@@#
##@@§§^~,. from the local beer thing .,~^§§@@##
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